Launched in Washington
Satinleaf was laid down as YN-62 on 5 July 1943 by Everett-Pacific Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Everett, Washington; reclassified AN-43 on 20 January 1944; launched on 15 February 1944; and commissioned on 8 April 1944, Lt. Arthur B. Church in command.
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